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The Detective Up Late

The Sean Duffy Series, Book 7

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The Detective Up Late

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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“Adrian McKinty is a gifted storyteller I love to read, and Sean Duffy is a character you will never forget.”Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

From New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty comes the next thrilling mystery in the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy detective series

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher.

After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention. A fifteen-year-old traveler girl has disappeared and no one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very well. The deeper he digs the more sinister it all gets. Is finding out the truth worth it if DI Duffy is going to get himself and his colleagues killed? Can he survive one last case before getting himself and his family out over the water?

©2023 Adrian McKinty (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing
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DI Sean Duffy is Ireland's answer to John Rebus - though darker and funnier. A brilliant, strangely life affirming saga of a homicide RUC Detective set in 1980s Ulster.

McKinty Strikes Again

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Great plot, totally engrossing, has it all. I’m so going to miss Sean Duffy, such a brilliant character!

Saved the best till last!

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So very pleased to have another Duffy adventure available and read by the talented GDoyle. I’m about to go back to the beginning of the series and listen again - Please Adrian McKinty keep writing the SD series - it gives so many of us a lot of enjoyment .

Sean Duffy returns !

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Brilliant narration , brilliant story . How has this not been made into a TV series ??.
It would be brilliant !

Another brilliant story in the Duffy series , please don’t be the last !

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Beautifully written and narrated, the story unfolds right at the end. I have loved every book in this series and the narration is perfect

DI Duffy’s last case

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very enjoyable experience ,
I do hope there's going to be more to come.

Excellent

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Back on track. A lot better than the last two. Now I’m looking forward again to the next Sean Duffy instalment.

Classic McKinty

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fantastic performance and an interesting case. duffy is written with such personality - I love all his quotes and music and stubbornness.

good as always

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What is not to love about this bloke!? And I would buy the album if there was a soundtrack to this series ;)

I didn’t want this series to end!

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The author produces his usuhigj standard in this entertaining title. It's a satisfying rounding out of Duffy's character arc with some humour to sweeten the deal. My only disappointment is that I will have to wait sooo long for the next title.

All expectations met

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